Who's upgrading their system for the ARR (Beta or Release) (Specs?)

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02-18-2013, 12:55 PM
SinisterJoint

Quote:

Originally Posted by AdorraEloom

thanks for the feed back, my next question is there's like 10 versions of the 680, here are some links. Which do you think would be best bang for the buck.

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX40688

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX40697

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX38610

Also evga or azus brand. So many choices!

Also my mother board is the P6X58D-E which only supports PCI-E 2.0 X 16, all the 680's support PCI-E 3.0, that being said I would be losing performance on the 680 card running it on a 2.0 board. I guess my question is would the losses be so small that it would still be worth it? or would it basically be a loss to the point where the 680 running on a 2.0 board be large enough that the 480 would be close in performance on the 2.0 board.

EVGA has ALWAYS taken care of me and their customer service is awesome too.
Go to newegg and you can pair a MOBO and Video Card for a really good deal... it's time my friend, its time!! lol
02-18-2013, 12:56 PM
Zenaku

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Originally Posted by Leo_Hart

Sapphire HD7850 should be good bargain, here selling around USD183/EUR137. HD7850 has 40-50% faster than HD7770.

Is it a worth upgrade from 450? which version of the HD7850 should i get?

was looking at this one

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeo...Radeon+HD+7850

Let me know if there other version that is better.
02-18-2013, 12:59 PM
SinisterJoint

integrated graphics *shivers*
02-18-2013, 01:01 PM
SinisterJoint

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zenaku

Is it a worth upgrade from 450? which version of the HD7850 should i get?

was looking at this one

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeo...Radeon+HD+7850

Let me know if there other version that is better.

Newegg > Amazon .. no really it does!
02-18-2013, 01:06 PM
Leo_Hart

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zenaku

Is it a worth upgrade from 450? which version of the HD7850 should i get?

was looking at this one

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeo...Radeon+HD+7850

Let me know if there other version that is better.

If you consider overclocking, prolly can take "Sapphire Dual-X 1gb HD7850". BTW, what's ur cpu?
02-18-2013, 01:12 PM
Zenaku

Quote:

Originally Posted by SinisterJoint

Newegg > Amazon .. no really it does!

Yes i know but sadly i have over 60$ in point from amazon that why i'm buying from there when i have enough to get a video card.

@Leo_Hart: i have a old CPU i build this computer around FFXIV release or little later not sure. I have a AMD x4 925 2.79 processor.
02-18-2013, 01:31 PM
Leo_Hart

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zenaku

Yes i know but sadly i have over 60$ in point from amazon that why i'm buying from there when i have enough to get a video card.

@Leo_Hart: i have a old CPU i build this computer around FFXIV release or little later not sure. I have a AMD x4 925 2.79 processor.

Good enough for HD7850.
02-18-2013, 01:45 PM
Zenaku

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leo_Hart

Good enough for HD7850.

Is the version i post good enough? or should i save up and get the 2GB version of the 7850? I have not deal with ATI in such a long time not sure what to do been having a nvidia for long time so not sure how good the 7850ATI is vs same price range nvidia cards.
02-18-2013, 01:56 PM
Zezlar

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zenaku

Is the version i post good enough? or should i save up and get the 2GB version of the 7850? I have not deal with ATI in such a long time not sure what to do been having a nvidia for long time so not sure how good the 7850ATI is vs same price range nvidia cards.

7850 is pretty good for the price. If you're looking to spend like $100 more consider looking into the 660ti or even the 7950.
02-18-2013, 01:57 PM
Leo_Hart

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zenaku

Is the version i post good enough? or should i save up and get the 2GB version of the 7850? I have not deal with ATI in such a long time not sure what to do been having a nvidia for long time so not sure how good the 7850ATI is vs same price range nvidia cards.

1GB Vram should enough for single FHD monitor for most game now. HD7850 performance between GTX650TI to GTX660.
02-18-2013, 02:06 PM
Zenaku

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leo_Hart

1GB Vram should enough for single FHD monitor for most game now. HD7850 performance between GTX650TI to GTX660.

Ya i only have one Monitor for gaming i just need to upgrade from my 450 so i can play FFXIV little better. So GTX 650 or the 7850 is what i'm looking at now thanks :)
02-18-2013, 02:08 PM
LlenCoram

Not upgrading, but will be getting an Oculus Rift on day one. Hopefully we can get some drivers for it!
02-18-2013, 03:43 PM
AdorraEloom

Quote:

Originally Posted by SinisterJoint

EVGA has ALWAYS taken care of me and their customer service is awesome too.
Go to newegg and you can pair a MOBO and Video Card for a really good deal... it's time my friend, its time!! lol

I been doing some research today on pci-e 2.0 and pci-e 3.0, from what I researched I came to a conclusion that when running a single gtx 680 card on pci-e 2.0 board vs pci-e 3.0 board, the performance loss is only 1% to the card. The pci-e 3.0 boards shine when running the GTX 680 in SLI. Can any one confirm this info?

If its true than I would not need to change to a mother board that supports pci-e 3.0 as I'm only planning on using one gtx 680, not a big fan of SLI considering how little support ff14 V1.0 had towards SLI builds, ARR could very well have little SLI support as well.
02-18-2013, 09:25 PM
Zenaku

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zezlar

7850 is pretty good for the price. If you're looking to spend like $100 more consider looking into the 660ti or even the 7950.

ya i made up my mind i be upgrading to a 660 i think it worth the money. But i be upgrading it sometime near ffxiv release if i see something better for lower i get it :)
02-18-2013, 09:41 PM
Kallera

I'm not sure If I'll upgrade mine, it played 1.0 well enough:

Processor Brand: Intel
Processor Type: Intel CoreTM2 Quad CPU
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
RAM Size: 4 GB
Computer Memory Type: Not sure
Graphic Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Can someone post any recommendations?
02-18-2013, 10:10 PM
vax

I think the only thing i'll be upgrading is the Geforce 480 to a 680 one. I did my first upgrade back before on 2010 when FFXIV came out, and i'm doing it again with ARR with this little update :p.
02-18-2013, 10:18 PM
Dragonheart

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zenaku

Ya i only have one Monitor for gaming i just need to upgrade from my 450 so i can play FFXIV little better. So GTX 650 or the 7850 is what i'm looking at now thanks :)

I'm doing a similiar upgrade :D

Current system (that i bought in august 2010 just for FFXIV):

I5 760 - GTX 460 1 gb - 8 GB DDR3 1666 Ram

I'm going to change my "old" GTX 460, with a new GTX 660 MSI Twin Frozr.

I hope that it will give a bit more life to my system for at least 2-3 more years ;)

Btw a lot of ppl are changing their GTX 4xx series for a 6xx one..
This means that a lot of ppl upgraded their pc in 2010 for FFXIV launch xD
02-18-2013, 10:43 PM
DomonKasshu

I upgraded my computer pretty recently.

Window's 7 64 Bit
NZXT Phantom White Case with all fans
ASUS P8Z77-V MOBO
16GB Corsair DDR3 RAM 1600mhz
Intel Core i7-2600 3.40 GHz (3.80 GHz Max Turbo)
Galaxy GeForce GTX 680 w/ 4GB GDDR5
WD 1TB 7200 RPM HD SATA
NZXT 80 Plus Gold 1000 Watt Power Supply
ASUS Bluray Optical Drive
02-18-2013, 10:58 PM
Yosho

Windows 8
PhenomII X4 955 BE @3.2GHz
Kingston HyperX Genesis Blue 8GB DDR3 1600mhz
Gigabyte GTX 660ti windforce OC 2gb

I think i'll be ok for the most part tho I am looking to upgrade but not for ARR.
02-18-2013, 11:02 PM
Millerna

Meh, my 5 year old machine was running FFXIV 1.0 just fine, no need to upgrade ;)
02-18-2013, 11:05 PM
Lirion

Not upgrading anytime soon, my current specs are.

CPU: Intel i5 2500k 3.3ghz
GPU: AMD 6950 2gb
RAM: 12gb
SSD 120gb
HDD 1tb
02-18-2013, 11:21 PM
SinisterJoint

Quote:

Originally Posted by Millerna

Meh, my 5 year old machine was running FFXIV 1.0 just fine, no need to upgrade ;)

but but but... it gives you an excuse to upgrade :)
02-19-2013, 12:14 AM
Rona

If your computer can run Tera or WoW normally now, it can run FF14 on ultra settings without issue. Source: I played it.
02-19-2013, 12:50 AM
Molly_Millions

Quote:

Originally Posted by Destinova

And since there will be an SLI profile out for the game I am getting 2.

Same. I hope the game runs well with 3D Surround. :P
02-19-2013, 12:54 AM
Andreas-Lycaeus

My laptop is going to have to suffice for Beta until the Playstation 3 version, I'm afraid! Integrated graphics card+ is not very convenient.

I am considering building a proper desktop in the future though, one that will put my PS3 to shame. Then again, with the PS4 announcement on the horizon, I might just wait and see what happens there.
02-19-2013, 01:10 AM
Akira_Tenshi

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K @ 4.3Ghz
CPU Cooler: Xigmatek Loki SDS963
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68AP-D3
Memory: 16GB Corsair 1600mhz Vengeance (4x4GB)
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
Case: Zalman Z9 Plus
PSU: 700W Xigmatek

Have ordered Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II OC
02-19-2013, 01:14 AM
Akira_Tenshi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rona

If your computer can run Tera or WoW normally now, it can run FF14 on ultra settings without issue. Source: I played it.

lol what? FF XIV is far more demanding than WoW.
02-19-2013, 01:19 AM
Klefth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rona

If your computer can run Tera or WoW normally now, it can run FF14 on ultra settings without issue. Source: I played it.

Yeah! WoW and it's N64 graphics would surely be just as demanding as ARR! Of course!
02-19-2013, 01:52 AM
markusroe

windows7 ultimate
amd athlon 64x2 dual core 4000+ (2.1GHz)
2048 MB ram
geforce gtx460 OC
...
14 worked...
02-19-2013, 02:27 AM
Laraul

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quesse

http://img3.mmo.mmo4arab.com/news/20...40x1050_01.jpg

That's a picture of the beta. The *old* 1.0 beta. What does that have to do with this discussion?
02-19-2013, 02:30 AM
Laraul

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi

lol what? FF XIV is far more demanding than WoW.

The newer areas of the WoW have become quite demanding. Tera is also demanding too. You don't want to make the game so demanding you need hardware that's state of the art to run it.

I think everyone here is jumping the boat to early. Wait for the game to at least ship. You find that the game only uses 10% of your "ultra" gaming rig you just spent thousands on and nothing you try changes that, you will be moaning on these forums that it's SEs fault. And that will be bullish*t.
02-19-2013, 02:52 AM
Bita

My specs:

Windows 7
AMD Phenom II x4 955 OC @ 3.7
8gigs of ram OC @ 1600
Asus geforce gtx 560 @ 850mhz
1tb hdd half full

I plan on upgrading in a month or so. Thinking about getting i5 ivy bridge, intel socket board with sli support so i can grab another 560, ssd and maybe 8 more gigs of memory.

What do you guys think? Any pointers?
02-19-2013, 02:59 AM
Shougun

I7 38 something 3.6 GHZ ("3.8 Intel Turbo" not overclocked)
128 GB SSD <--- FFXIV ARR goes here :D
2 TB SATA III
16gb 16000 MHZ DDR3
680 EVGA GTX
02-19-2013, 03:11 AM
Dimitsuri

Well just made some little adjustments to my sytems, now I got:

Phenom II x6 OC to 3,8GHz,
HD Radeon 7970 in CrossFire
1600MHz DDR3 8GB
and Vertex 3 240GB SSD

It should be an overkill for ARR :)
02-19-2013, 03:32 AM
LlenCoram

Epeen swinging! Lily (my computer) is a store-bought preassembled Alienware, and she's 3 years old now. Ran 1.0 on all high settings beautifully, so I'm not too worried about ARR.
02-19-2013, 04:01 AM
Aistaraina

Only a 2 year old build, so don't have to upgrade it yet, although I seriously want to.
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k @ 3.4Ghz
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V Pro
Video Card: EVGA GTX 580
Memory: 8GB Corsair Vengeance
SSD: 128GB OCZ Agility 3
Hard Drive: 2TB Western Digital Black
Case: HAF 932
Monitor: LG IPS LED 23"

I hope my laptop is good enough to run it when I travel as well. It struggled with 1.0. Will find out next Monday.
Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad Y570
CPU: i7 2670QM @ 2.2 Ghz
Video Card: NVIDIA GT 555M
Memory: 6GB (By who the hell knows, never popped the case)
Hard Drive: 500GB 5400RPM :(
02-19-2013, 05:44 AM
Gildarts

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/7749/dsc0072vh.jpg

my system

CPU:Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz
MB:ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77
GPU:EVGA SuperClocked+ 02G-P4-2684-KR GeForce GTX 680 2GB
PSU: Corsair HX 1050
RAM:1866 Corsair Vengeance 16gb
SSD: intel 128 SSD
Case:NZXT Phantom
Monitors: Crossover 27q 1440p / Samsung BX2450

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